Populism

Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz were delivered to victory by an unfair system, media manipulation, and attacking their enemies. Opposition failure made it too easy for them.

An interview with the co-chair of the European Green Party on the Italian election and the way forward for political ecology.

Distinguishing between drama and reality is key to understanding an Italian election that lacks substance on all sides when it comes to Europe.

Voters in the Visegrad countries rely on increasingly blurred lines between truth and falsehoods while making their choice at polling stations.

Thierry Baudet, leader of the Forum for Democracy, could be the new face of the Dutch populist right.

Rethinking how we ask voters what they want could ensure representative government for all and help us create a collaborative political culture.

Populism is malleable and isn’t the problem. The xenophobic nationalism that underpins certain populist movements is what threatens democracy.

Is right-wing populism really on its way out – or is it seeping into the mainstream? How can it be countered? An analysis in the wake of the upcoming elections.

What can be done to reconcile technological progress and civic democracy?

Rather than letting the Right monopolise the idea of national sovereignty, the Left must construct a progressive vision of it and centre it in their politics.